2016 axle swap into 2002 has anyone done it? Have a set and was wanting to fourlink the front of the truck but don't know about the abs sensors and how they'd work.
The upside to the 11 and up axles are the better axle shafts and bigger brakes. I didn't see it being worth the time and cost to have the housing machined and installing the tone ring. 05-10 swap right in. It would likely cost less to get an 05-10 than get the housing machined on the 2016.
Pretty sure the VSS harness is long enough to reach where the ABS sensor is on the wheel. Remove the wheel sensor and install the VSS. It appears to be the same sensor but have no idea if the tooth count is the same or in the same rato.
Altho look at high angle drive line, they sell an adaptor to go on the back of the T-case to mount a VSS on a tone ring around your drive shaft.